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  • Blogs

    March 9, 2006

    Of Swallows, Schwarzenegger, and Swift Boats

    The faithful of Orange County have traditionally been willing to pretend to believe in miracles, even when they know better. Consider the swallows of San Juan Capistrano. Anyone in San Juan Cap with eyes to see, or a freshly washed car to be shat on, knows the birds return March-ishly each year, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2006

    Another Star Chamber Turn

    My colleague Alex Brant-Zawadzki is right about the potential of television for doing good– his pro-having-sex-with-George Clooney stance, I'll pass over in silence– but Edward R. Murrow is long dead, and TV nowadays seems to be mostly offering up "the evil of banality", to use Alex Cock ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2006

    Wheelchair Posse Pal Blasts Weekly

    Angelucci and Gunther: Snakes of a Feather... Marc E. Angelucci, a Los Angeles attorney who has helped David Allen Gunther file lawsuits against small businesses, doesn't know the difference between the Weekly and the Register. This only highlights his trouble seeing reality. Along with a series o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2006

    Ahnuld Terminates Fair Elections

    Perhaps you've seen those commercials showing Phil Angelides walking backward--the same direction the Democrat nominee for governor wants to take the state, according to the folksy narrator. These, of course, are not to be confused with Angelides' response ads, which show someone who looks a lot lik ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    This is What Measure D Will Bring To Santa Ana

    Today, SanTana voters will vote on Measure D, a ballot initiative that proposes to extend term limits from two four-year terms to three and whose supporters have waged one of the most misleading campaigns since the Iraq War. We won't know if Measure D passes until tonight, but one thing is certain: ... More >>

  • News

    February 8, 2001

    Back up to Speed

    Recent votes suggest HB Councilman Garofalo is up to his old tricks

  • News

    November 16, 2006

    Wheels of Fortune

    State court rules on profitable wheelchair access lawsuits

  • Columns

    October 26, 2006

    Letters

    'The real issue is not the motives of the Gunther-the-Terribles but the thousands of California business establishments that refuse to comply with the ADA until a Gunther-the-Terrible comes along and sues'

  • News

    October 12, 2006

    The New Crips

    An ex-drug dealer and burglar leads a wheelchair posse terrorizing Southern California businesses. Would you believe he has the law on his side?

  • News

    August 3, 2006

    'We've Ridden Every Mile'

    Irvines Saleen store makes its qualifying run

  • News

    January 5, 2006

    Dirty Money

    If you want to pollute in Orange County, its best to be a multinational

  • News

    September 15, 2005

    The Regulatory Disaster That Isnt

    Cox and the media spin a tale of government red tape that should be killing American companiesbut isnt

  • Columns

    January 30, 2003

    Letters

    Cox and the media spin a tale of government red tape that should be killing American companiesbut isnt

  • Food

    November 1, 2001

    Sushi Master in Training

    Lessons from Wasabi & Sushi

  • News

    December 16, 1999

    HBs Secret Santa

    Ed Lairdplanning commissioner, paint maker, bank investor, political bankroller

  • News

    September 23, 1999

    Money Talks, Feces Disappears

    Did politicians put tourism money ahead of public health in HB?

  • News

    June 17, 1999

    The Starbucks Solution

    Mike Sheldrake figured he was dead when Starbucks opened two stores near his indie coffeehouse. Now his business is up 40 percent.

  • News

    April 29, 1999

    Power Play

    Bad news on the first anniversary of energy deregulation: you're still getting screwed

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Wacky OC History Moment of the Week!

    In anticipation of the Barrio History Symposium held this Saturday morning at Golden West College by the Orange County Mexican American Historical Society (I'll lecture on the 1936 Citrus War), here's a blast from the county's Mexican-hating past. From the Sept. 6, 1918 Los Angeles Times:Ask a Mexic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2009

    CA Supreme Court To Business: Comply With ADA Or Expect Huge Penalties

    Angelucci and Gunther: Anti-Discrimination Heroes?On Friday, the California Supreme Court overturned a Santa Ana-based Court of Appeal decision that required plaintiffs in Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-type cases to prove that businesses purposely violated the law by not making their facilit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    Fun With Mike Duvall's Honors, Awards and Recognitions

    One thing you can say about Mike Duvall, the disgraced Yorba Linda Republican who resigned from the state Assembly last week amid a sex scandal, is that when he wasn't receiving lap dances from shapely lobbyists, he was lapping up awards, honors and accolades all across the state.

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Van Tran Goes Positive . . . Almost

    Christopher VictorioAssemblyman Van Tran​For those of you wondering if Van Tran's campaign would be based solely on negative attacks featuring Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez as a Democratic bimbo/whore, the answer came today in mail boxes.Tran, the Little Saigon state assemblyman who face term limi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Tom Tait, Whitest Man in Orange County, Gets Black Chamber of Commerce Award Tonight

    ​The whitest man in Orange County is scooping up an award this evening from the Orange County Black Chamber of Commerce.Tom Tait, the former Anaheim City Council member who is running in November to re-join the panel, will receive the Michael R. Jones Business Impact Award, which recognizes in ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 7, 2010

    San Clemente Seafest

    San Clemente Pier

  • Calendar

    April 14, 2011

    Spring Citrus Fair

    Downtown La Habra

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2011

    Harvey Milk Day

    Downtown Santa Ana French Plaza

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Announcing Tortilla Tuesdays! In Search of OC's Best Tortillas...

    ​It was while I was at Trader Joes, looking at their hideously overpriced pack of barely edible corn tortillas, that I remembered something: we're blessed with tortillerías in Orange County. We don't have to rely on Maseca's masa monopoly for our tortilla needs--from San Juan Capistrano to La Hab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Wing Lam of Wahoo's Fish Taco Adds a Side of Road Opposition to His Latest Ford Commercial

    Photo by Meranda Carter/OC Weekly​Give Wahoo's Fish Taco co-founder Wing Lam credit for working his Mexican food chain into widely seen television commercials for other companies. In 2000, he and his righteous whiskers appeared in a national spot for Merrill Lynch and its small business services. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    OC Restaurant Recommendations for American Express' Small Business Saturday

    Cafe Hiro's uni spaghetti​Most of you are probably waiting anxiously for Black Friday deals; but me, I'm looking forward to this Saturday, which is the day American Express will credit $25 back to me if I patronize a small business and spend $25 or more with my American Express Card. To get the de ... More >>

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